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Gadfly Bites 5/1/19 – Blink twice
I think the mission of the Elyria YWCA got hijacked by tantruming toddlers somehow.
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Gadfly Bites 4/29/19 – Old news
There are several questions and a ton of out-of-date information in this piece looking at
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Gadfly Bites 4/26/19 – Another day at the office
The benevolent, student-centric process of “school absorption” described in this piece is not possible given the way charter and district schools are run i
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Gadfly Bites 4/24/19 – “I really hope it’s not just going back to what the district was doing before.”
It may be quiet around Capitol Square this week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things for Fordhamites to talk about.
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Gadfly Bites 4/22/19 – Creative and innovative
The thrust of this article is that the three finalists
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Gadfly Bites 4/19/19 - Wish list
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Budget season is silly season. And reporters are not immune.
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Gadfly Bites 4/17/19 – “This is my school; this is my town. I’m down for anything to make it better.”
Another meeting was held this week to screech (“thrust!” “scream!” “fight!” “evil!” “damning!” “crafted in darkness!”) and
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Gadfly Bites 4/12/18 - Bedrock
Chad is quoted in this piece covering this week’s flurry of legislation related to Ohio’s academic distress paradigm. The various legislators and officials quoted seem all over the map in terms of what they want and on the varying merits of the possible paths to get there.
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Gadfly Bites 4/10/19 – Sorry haters
Quantity vs. quality is the theme for our first set of clips, I think.
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Gadfly Bites 4/8/19 – Formulaic
WE'RE BACK FROM LAST WEEK'S CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM/VACATION – I HAVE A NOTE IF YOU NEED IT
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Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Eliminate districts’ ability to bargain away their managerial rights
Editor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we belie
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Gadfly Bites 3/27/19 – Colossal
Fordham is namechecked in this story taking an Ohio angle on
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Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Create a preschool scholarship for low- to middle-income students
Editor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we belie
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Gadfly Bites 3/25/19 – Sometimes you’re just wrong
Four months ago, Say Yes to Education was a firm “maybe” for expanding to Cleveland.
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Gadfly Bites 3/22/19 – Another curious use of the conditional
As befits a school with a long-standing and storied journalism school (hi Kaleigh!), Ohio University—Athens seems to have a wide variety of outlets for pub
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Gadfly Bites 3/20/19 – THIS is what you guys want to protect?
“Deterioration”? “Goosebumps”? Seriously, you guys?
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Gadfly Bites 3/18/19 – “Addition by subtraction”
As you may have heard, Governor DeWine released his first biennial budget on
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Highlights from Governor DeWine’s K–12 education budget
On Friday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine released his state budget proposals for fiscal years 2020–21. While we await the detailed policy language that will come when his budget is put into bill form in the General Assembly, his outline doesn’t offer much in the way of surprises.
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Fordham Institute media statement on release of Governor DeWine’s budget
Governor Mike DeWine unveiled his first biennial budget proposal today, including a number of important recommendations for K-12 education. “The governor’s budget proposal lives up to its billing,” said Chad L. Aldis, Vice President for Ohio Policy and Advocacy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
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Gadfly Bites 3/15/19 – “The governor must not let the children of Youngstown become pawns in the political games in Columbus”
Well well well. Perhaps not everyone in Ohio has lost their minds.
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Gadfly Bites 3/11/19 – I guess if your only tool is a multi-user spreadsheet and a raft of Ph.D.s…
In case you missed it last week, the USDOE touted a tax credit program propo
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Four things to look for in Governor DeWine’s education budget
Governor Mike DeWine is expected to release his biennial budget proposal next week, which will include his plan to fund education.
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Gadfly Bites 3/6/19 – How many clips do you really need?
Just one clip today, but it feels pretty important somehow.
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Gadfly Bites 3/4/19 – Parallels
This piece about a group of high-performing charter school
